Making Cornices Foam Board

In fact she doesn t even use wood she uses a foam board.

Making cornices foam board.

Regardless of whatever the right official name is for them they are easily one of my favorite ways to dress a window especially as a budget conscious renter. One snow day a few weeks ago i set out to make one. You can use duct tape to secure 2 pieces together if the measurement is longer than the foam board. Our foam cornices are lightweight sturdy and amazingly simple to assemble.

All you have to do is select your fabric measure your window we cut specifically to your window size no cutting down necessary when you receive your foam cornice all you do is tuck the fabric into the grooves and mount it to the wall. Window box valance cornice box pelmet box i ve seen this kind of window treatment called all sorts of things. Foam board cornice tutorial materials needed. You can make a fabric covered cornice board out of styrofoam foam insulation or wood.

Genius and really inexpensive. Here s a similar foam idea. One weekend eric and i took a road trip to charlottesville and hit up the local u fab there. I opted for wood because the least expensive 10 pine board 8 was around the same price as the other options 10.

Determine the height of the cornice and cut the foam board accordingly. They are lightweight and easy to install. Cut a piece of foam board to the width of the window plus 6 inches. Via the crafting chicks.

Plug in the hot glue gun and insert a glue stick to heat. With our cornices i used a brown herringbone wool suiting fabric similar to these which happened to be on close out virtual fist pump. Here is what i did. Foam board the width of your window.

Via rappsody in rooms. We found a gorgeous textured grey fabric that we wanted to use for making a foam board cornice. This cornice is 11 inches high.